Huh?

ABCNEWS.com : Arafat Admits 'Mistakes,' Vows Reform says the headline. The subhead: "Yasser Arafat, who is under growing pressure at home and abroad to carry out reforms, made a vague promise to make some changes in his government. " Perhaps I am semantically challenged, but how does ABC reconcile those two? Oh, wait, I forgot - they don't have to.